Stock-fountain.



N0;a5},1ss3. PATENTBD APR. 2s, 1907.

W. M. HOTZE.'

'STOCK FOUNTAIN.

APPLIOATION FILED .TAN.20, 1905.

WILLIAM M. HOTZE, OF CARSON, IOWA.

STOCK-FOUNTAIN.

Speciication of Letters Patent.

Patented April 23, 1907.

llnnlieetiou filed January 20, 1905. Serial No. 241,943.

l To mi( 11172/0111, it nt/(..I/ corte/2771,:

Be it known that l., WILIAAM d, ll'o'rzn, zi citizen of the United States, residing :it Carson, in the County of Pottnimtteinie sind Stute ot lowe., have invented :i (certe-in new und useful Stoclol41 ountoin, of which the following` is e. specifica-tion.

The objects of luy i nrention :ire to provide :i stoel( wnterer which adapted for use wliere hogs und chickens und other sn'iziller unime-ls con here 2te-cess zit the. saine time that outtlc and horses ere using, :ind to provide :t fountain heneuth whieh n him p een he placed und easily und readily kept burning' to prevent unter. in the troughs vl'roln freeziiw und .further to provide ineens for outonmtic- :illy shutting' oit the writer supply from the entitle tnnlt end :ilse troni the hoe` wnterer.

My invention consists in (fortuin details, in the oonstrurtimi, :irrnigement und eomhinzition oi'l the Various purts of the device, wherehy the ohjects contemplated vore n-ttuined, :is hereinul'ter more Vfully set forth, pointed ou t 'in my eluiin und illuslanted in the accompanying;l drawings, in which-- Figure 1 u pien View oli the fh-ivice,`show ing' n portion ol the supply tank for the writer.

Fig, 2 un end View oi' the trough showing the door l'o'r ohtuining,r uccess to the lump which is to he mounted adjacent to these troughs, und Fig. 3 is u longitudinnl sectional View of the trough taken on the line 12W-2 ol' Fig; .1.

Referring,l to the neeompfinyingr druwing's, l have used the relereneo numeral 1() to indicate the supply tank 'lroin which the witter is ied into my troufrh. l lui-ve provided :L .-usinnj oonsistinen olv the l'ront portion 11, the roer portion 12 :ind the end portions 13 und L14. l have also provided :t hottoln 115 connecting; ther ports 11, 12, 1P sind 111. vln the liront portion l1V i huve provided :in openingr through which u smell trouggfh 16 extends so that u, portion of seid trough on the interior ol' the casing und on the inside olj the l'rent 11. oll snid casing', und :t portion et sind trough 16 is en the outside oi'l seid l'ront 11,. .lletuelmhly mounted in the purrt 1 1 und heine suhstnfntinlly within the casing is the trough- .1.7 which is supported on the portions 1,1, 12, 121 und .l et. l. herve provided zi. Vmshuped portion it ,in the central port oi' the bottoni oli the trough. 17, und t; enr liz-g ucress the up-s per Iportion. of the 1J isluipef portion 18 is :t series of tronsverse pipes 1t) se that the. we. te r l l i i l l l 1 i i l j i i 1 i l 1 l l l portion to the other side of it through. these pipes 19. The sides of the trough 17 extend downwardly end inwardly from their points of Contact with the freine :is shown clefirly in Fig'. 3 otl the drawings. Mounted beneath the il-shaped portion 1S end directly under the pipes 19 on the bottom 15 is o lamp 20 designed to keep the water in the troughs 16 und 17 from freezing. Attached to the upper end o'l" the V-sheped portion 1S is a pipe 21, which pipe is fastened to the upper portion of the trough 17 find extends n slight distance above it. vlt is .through this pipe 21 that the gases from the lmnp are designed to pass oil. Ctninecting the supply tank 10 with the trough 17 is n supply pipe 22 having,` the valve 23 on that upper end of it which is inside of the trough 17. Connected with this Valve 23 is the ordinury lozit 24, so arranged sind constructed that when the water rezu'zhes weer tuin predetermined height in the trough 17, the supply will he shut oil' on account of the floot 24 being raised hy the 'writer zuid causing the vulve 23 to he closed. When the water is helow :i certain level, the Valve 23 will he swunfjr to un open position and will remain in thut position until' closed automatically hy menus olz the Hout 24.

Connecting the lower portion of the trough 17 with the trough 1G is a pipe 25 havingl n vulve lo adjacent to its lower opening, said vulve having the lozit 27 :rttnehed to .it so that when the water in the trough 16 reaches n certain predetermined height, the supply of witter lroi-n the trough 17 to this trough will he shut oll'. ln the end 14. ol" the easing is a door 38 so arranged that access muy he easily hud to the hinip when neeesszuy.

lin pruetieul use it will he seen that the 'water troughs 16 und 17 will he constantly iilled with water from this supply teni( und the water in these troughs will he innintztined :it ai. certain prwleterniiued height constantly ond when this height is renci'ied, the supplyT i will he 'shut olll :Luteinit-icnlly hy the waiter roniing'lroni the supply trink.

lt will also he seen that spnues are zill'orded in the raising, hetween the side wells thereof nud the side wells of the trough 17 which spur-es will he oeeupied hy hot nir nud will assist nurterinlly in preventingy freezing oli the wir-ter in the trough.

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in :t stock liountnin, the combination of a easing; having nn opening inthe lower portion will run. freely ih'oniione side of the U--sluiped of its front well, o hun p arranged in the onss TOO ing and resting on the bottom thereof, a trough arranged in and closing the top of the easing and havingits bottom Wall and side walls so arranged relative to the bottom and side walls of the easing that spaces are formed between said walls ol' the trough and easing, and alsoy having an upwardly extending eentral portion receiving the chimney of the lamp, a second trough' extending forward through the opening in the front Wall of the easing and having its rear portion arranged in the easing between the lamp and the ro'nt wall of the easing and also between the bottom walls of the easing and the irst mentioned trough, a conduit connecting the rst and sec ond mentioned trouofhs, and a float-valve arranged in the second` mentioned trough and controlling the passage of Water through said conduit. d

WILLIAM M. HOT ZE. 

